[BroJoeK]

x to DiogenesLamp: "So what you're saying is, you were taught a simplistic version of the Civil War in grade school, saw things were more complicated when you got to high school, and then picked up another simplistic version of the Civil War and what it was about later."

Thanks for a great post, you hit that nail on its head.

[HangUpNow]

x to DiogenesLamp: "So what you're saying is, you were taught a simplistic version of the Civil War in grade school, saw things were more complicated when you got to high school, and then picked up another simplistic version of the Civil War and what it was about later." Thanks for a great post, you hit that nail on its head.

Great bullseye on the reinforcing the menage a simpleton. Was it difficult jackhammering that one-inch finishing nail into that block of oak's knot?

The three of you are just circle-jerking yourselves into one pathetic delusion after another. No wonder the vast majority of citizens in this country are oblivious of its own history and heritage.

DiogenesLamp -- like many of us -- is indeed saying that HE and WE have evolved and researched beyond public grade school's select, preferred "history" of the Civil War that had been summed up within a couple of short paragraphs. Or even just one word: "SLAVERY!"

The internet is a wonderful tool and source for cutting through past indoctrination and propaganda. It by far transcends the limitations of our old history books and expands our intellectual horizons....but only as far as our determination in pursuing that knowledge, history, and truth.